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Firefox 69.0 Released

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Re: Firefox 69.0 Released

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Post by addicted »

kuu wrote: post #2

For our users in the US or using the en-US browser, we are shipping a new “New Tab” page experience that connects you to the best of Pocket’s content. Uhmmm...

It's completely optional.

I've had this for a long time, so I don't know why it's being presented as a new option.

I do think Mozilla managed the Pocket acquisition poorly (relative to the standards I would expect Mozilla to hold itself to...other companies do far worse without being criticized, but that's irrelevant...I used Firefox when it sucked because of the greater trust I placed in Mozilla) but since then they've done a decent job, considering it's their version of the read it later features every other browser has.

Re: Firefox 69.0 Released

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Post by addicted »

Operyl wrote: post #76
pornel wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't see anyone complaining that Safari has a built-in Reader feature. Safari even has "Siri Suggestions" almost identical to this Firefox experiment. Pocket has been acquired by Mozilla, so it's not a 3rd party feature any more. It's really no different. It seems that some people are just used to hating Pocket as if it was some kind of tradition.

People are mostly hating the advertising on the New Page from Pocket, not Pocket itself these days. EDIT: Here's a screenshot of the feature specifically that people dislike these days: https://imgur.com/a/p2rD4AY While it can be disabled, it can be said that people are a bit annoyed that the browser that is "Privacy Focused" is shoving ads down your throat. While we as technical users can figure out how to disable i…

It's a 1 click option to disable sponsored stories In the Settings>Home page, and on the desktop, the setting falls right in the middle of the screen, so it's not hidden away.

And you can also use a single click to disable Pocket suggestions entirely.

I honestly don't see any reason to complain there.

Re: Firefox 69.0 Released

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Post by anewguy9000 »

vezycash wrote: post #158
anewguy9000 wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the new tab page is the first thing i replace after installing ublock origin: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/yet-another-s...

You can achieve the same effect without installing any addon. Visit about:preferences#home Uncheck everything except Top sites.

the speed dial extension can do screenshots for thumbnails. and if you care about aesthetics at all it looks much nicer :)

Re: Firefox 69.0 Released

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Post by cambalache »

vezycash wrote: post #155
tasty_freeze wrote: post #96

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Fantastic news for people, like me, who spend a lot of time with $10/GB hotspot data prices. I'd click a link to a 5KB news article only to find it streaming HD video of talking heads reading the article.

With ublock origin you can block loading of media above a certain size. You can pair that with addon called, "Image video block" https://github.com/tiborbarsi/image-video-block-browser-addo... And finally, you can use Bandwidth hero to compress images on the fly. You need to host the server instance on Heroku. Their free tier should suffice

Niceee...As someone recently put in the same.position as OP is great to know there are options around. I almost dropped Mozilla for this autoplaying mute videos crap.

Re: Firefox 69.0 Released

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Post by cambalache »

bradgessler wrote: post #175
Carpetsmoker wrote: post #130

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> 5KB news article On what site do you find "5KB news articles"? Pretty much all news sites that I know of load a gigantic amount of useless and obnoxious JavaScript, CSS, images, etc. with or without video.

I created https://legiblenews.com/ because of this frustration ... and took it all the way to the level where loading a page is exactly 1 request. The other frustration I’ve had with news websites is they don’t link to source material, so it’s impossible to dig into a topic and accidentally learn something.

Cool site Brad.I havent heard of it.

Re: Firefox 69.0 Released

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Post by kn0where »

gourlaysama wrote: post #172

> With the deprecation of Adobe Flash Player, there is no longer a need to identify users on 32-bit version of the Firefox browser on 64-bit version operating systems[, ]reducing user agent fingerprinting factors. Good. User agents already contain too much. That's actually the first time I've ever seen a browser actively removing stuff from the User Agent.

I believe Safari stopped increasing the browser version in the user agent some time ago.

Re: Firefox 69.0 Released

#197

Post by opencl »

techntoke wrote: post #170

Still no mention of hardware-accelerated video on Linux. Can't consider Firefox until this is implemented, but it works on Chromium in multiple distros. Seems like Chromium folks are more apt to actually prioritize Linux over Mozilla.

Eh it works in Chromium with patches that Google won't upstream because there are a lot of configs it doesn't work on.

The biggest blocker for it in Firefox seems to be webrender landing in stable.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210726

Re: Firefox 69.0 Released

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Post by Bokanovsky »

gnud wrote: post #51
kuu wrote: post #2

For our users in the US or using the en-US browser, we are shipping a new “New Tab” page experience that connects you to the best of Pocket’s content. Uhmmm...

It _really_ bugs me that pocket isn't packaged as a pre-installed extension, that you can uninstall normally.

I'd up vote you more than once if I could.

Originally when Firefox was released it was the antidote to browser forced add ons that were common at the time. I have vague recollections of Netscape Navigator having whole sections of what was essentially ads forced in the browser menu.

I don't like Pocket being built in, as it should be a browser add on. It also sets precedence. It starts the chain of thought - "Well Firefox has Pocket, so lets add backed in thing X too". I wish it wasn't baked it as it goes against the whole of Firefox's original philosophy of being light weight and everything else an add on.

Re: Firefox 69.0 Released

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Post by cambalache »

pseudalopex wrote: post #150
pornel wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't see anyone complaining that Safari has a built-in Reader feature. Safari even has "Siri Suggestions" almost identical to this Firefox experiment. Pocket has been acquired by Mozilla, so it's not a 3rd party feature any more. It's really no different. It seems that some people are just used to hating Pocket as if it was some kind of tradition.

Mozilla killed a private Reading List feature and replaced it with Pocket. They carefully denied getting paid for the integration before eventually revealing that they got paid for new subscriptions. They promised to open source Pocket when they acquired it and still haven't. What Mozilla calls "the best of Pocket's content" is ads and articles that border on clickbait. Some people don't like marketing doublespeak.

Genuine question,so which option do you recommend for linux/windows

Re: Firefox 69.0 Released

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Post by smilbandit »

acdha wrote: post #163
Aardwolf wrote: post #54

> The Block Autoplay feature is enhanced to give users the option to block any video that automatically starts playing, not just those that automatically play with sound. Good. I know a news website that was on purpose disabling sound on videos to prevent that. So not only does it autoplay, you need to click to unmute anyway to actually hear it! Why do news websites want to shove autoplaying videos on people's throat…

> Why do news websites want to shove autoplaying videos on people's throats so much, what's wrong with playing at any time when you want? There was a bubble awhile back when advertisers were being told that video had better metrics, and all of the news sites jumped on higher-paying ads. That seems to have tapered off as advertisers noticed poor returns and learned that Facebook had been massively misrepresenting the…

decades probably, I still have people insisting on getting their meta keywords right is of top tier importance. i blame libraries keeping old online marketing how to books from the 90's on the shelves.
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